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Leonardo DiCaprio Lends Support To Hawaii Bill Protecting Sharks

Leonardo DiCaprio Lends Support To Hawaii Bill Protecting Sharks

The actor and environmentalist says that shark populations “are critical to ocean health and resiliency.â€

How A Slug In A Salad Led One Patient On A Confusing Quest For Rat Lungworm Treatment Courtesy: Alyx Barnett

How A Slug In A Salad Led One Patient On A Confusing Quest For Rat Lungworm Treatment

Patients of the disease called angiostrongyliasis must confront conflicting clinical guidance and a medication price tag, in Alyx Barnett’s case, of $8,599.99

New Sunshine Rules Would Require Requests For Some In-Person Meetings Suevon Lee/Civil Beat/2019

New Sunshine Rules Would Require Requests For Some In-Person Meetings

Senate Bill 1034 would still allow for physical meetings, but there are worries that one provision in the bill could limit meeting access to some individuals.

Hawaii Supreme Court May Lift COVID-19 Order To Free Inmates Without Bail Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Supreme Court May Lift COVID-19 Order To Free Inmates Without Bail

The order was designed to reduce jail populations and limit the spread of COVID-19, but infections in jails have stabilized, the court says.

State Warns People To Avoid Maui Church That Failed To Rein In COVID-19 Cluster Screenshot: kingscathedral.com

State Warns People To Avoid Maui Church That Failed To Rein In COVID-19 Cluster

UPDATE: King’s Cathedral in Kahului still plans to hold in-person events this weekend, despite state health officials urging it not to.

Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Could Bring Billions To Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Could Bring Billions To Hawaii

The president will unveil his American Jobs Plan, which has the potential to infuse huge sums of money into the islands’ transportation and energy infrastructure.

For Many Hawaii Companies, The Pandemic Has Changed Work Forever Claire Caulfield/Civil Beat/2020

For Many Hawaii Companies, The Pandemic Has Changed Work Forever

Many companies are grappling with when — and whether — to bring workers back to the office and how to do so safely.

Kauai Wants To Reopen Beaches. That Could Put Homeless Back On The Streets Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2021

Kauai Wants To Reopen Beaches. That Could Put Homeless Back On The Streets

The county’s shelter-in-place program granted some homeless people a measure of stability. Now that it’s over, they say they have nowhere to go.

Hawaii Senate Committee Mulls Inheritance And Conveyance Tax Increases Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Senate Committee Mulls Inheritance And Conveyance Tax Increases

Even after a $1.6 billion federal bailout, a key lawmaker says the state might need more money.

House Investigation Into Sharon Har Postponed Until Criminal Case Concludes Screenshot

House Investigation Into Sharon Har Postponed Until Criminal Case Concludes

The state representative is charged with drunken driving and is also the subject of two complaints.